Comments on: Using downtime for publicity http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Uttoran Sen http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-46775 Uttoran Sen Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:02:50 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-46775 lol yeah, even downtime is good for a site like twitter which has crazy following, however on the users part, this is a totally bad user experience... but who cares... lol yeah, even downtime is good for a site like twitter which has crazy following, however on the users part, this is a totally bad user experience… but who cares…

]]> By: Dan Shaw http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38677 Dan Shaw Wed, 21 May 2008 22:12:56 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38677 @John You could code a fully functional Jabber/XMPP client that really understood Twitter. IM is almost always rock solid even when the site is down or the API clients are flakey. @John You could code a fully functional Jabber/XMPP client that really understood Twitter. IM is almost always rock solid even when the site is down or the API clients are flakey.

]]> By: John http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38675 John Wed, 21 May 2008 17:46:54 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38675 @twitter Bye. Now what will I do with all my regained free time? @twitter Bye. Now what will I do with all my regained free time?

]]> By: Jason http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38674 Jason Wed, 21 May 2008 17:39:03 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38674 @DarkRat, it's not spam, it's a commentary on Twitter users / apologists @DarkRat, it’s not spam, it’s a commentary on Twitter users / apologists

]]> By: Dan Shaw http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38673 Dan Shaw Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:36 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38673 @DarkRat Why would my comment be spam? It "fits the topic" because it's a comment on the topic. @DarkRat Why would my comment be spam? It “fits the topic” because it’s a comment on the topic.

]]> By: DarkRat http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38672 DarkRat Wed, 21 May 2008 04:01:04 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38672 Wow, I can't even say if the comment above is spam or not. It somehow fits the topic. Wow, I can’t even say if the comment above is spam or not. It somehow fits the topic.

]]> By: Dan Shaw http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38670 Dan Shaw Tue, 20 May 2008 17:13:18 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38670 I was wondering about this over the weekend as I was visiting Pownce after about a 3 month hiatus and thought it would be interesting to compare the traffic numbers since you never hear about Pownce having an outage. I tried compete.com and there's NO comparison: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.com+pownce.com/ It's not RoR vs. Django, there's just a huge difference in traffic. Plus, I'm pretty sure these numbers don't account for API traffic which Al3x notes comprises most of Twitter's traffic: http://www.slideshare.net/al3x/designing-your-api I was wondering about this over the weekend as I was visiting Pownce after about a 3 month hiatus and thought it would be interesting to compare the traffic numbers since you never hear about Pownce having an outage.

I tried compete.com and there’s NO comparison:
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/twitter.com+pownce.com/

It’s not RoR vs. Django, there’s just a huge difference in traffic. Plus, I’m pretty sure these numbers don’t account for API traffic which Al3x notes comprises most of Twitter’s traffic:
http://www.slideshare.net/al3x/designing-your-api

]]> By: Jason Carreira http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38669 Jason Carreira Tue, 20 May 2008 16:58:14 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38669 Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term Stockholm Syndrome was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the robbery, and referred to the syndrome in a news broadcast. Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed. The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage from August 23 to August 28 in 1973. In this case, the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal. The term Stockholm Syndrome was coined by the criminologist and psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the robbery, and referred to the syndrome in a news broadcast.

]]> By: Dylan http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity/comment-page-1#comment-38668 Dylan Tue, 20 May 2008 16:56:49 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/using-downtime-for-publicity#comment-38668 Flickr was the master of this early on, with their "Flick is down for a massage". They turned system down messages into something fun. Flickr was the master of this early on, with their “Flick is down for a massage”. They turned system down messages into something fun.

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